Complete Definition of "Anglo-Saxon"

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English
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Proper noun
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  1. The ancestor language of modern English, also called Old English, spoken in Britain from about 400 AD to 1100 AD. The language is a more inflected language, maintaining strong and weak verbs, nouns, and adjectives. It has a clearly marked subjunctive mood, and has five cases of nouns and adjectives.
  2. Germanic peoples inhabiting mediæval England.
  3. US A person of British or North European descent.

Synonyms
Old English

Translations
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trans-top|Germanic peoples inhabiting mediæval England
Croatian: t-|hr|Anglosaksonac|m, t-|hr|Anglosaksonka|f
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trans-top|person of British or North European descent
Croatian: t-|hr|Anglosaksonac|m, t-|hr|Anglosaksonka|f
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See also
wasp

Related terms
English
Middle English
Modern English

Adjective
en-adj

  1. Related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language.
  2. Related to nations which speak primarily English; especially United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia.
  3. economics Favouring a liberal free market economy.
  4. US Descended from white English or North European settlers.

Translations
trans-top|related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
Croatian: t-|hr|anglosaski
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trans-top|related to nations which speak primarily English
Croatian: t-|hr|anglosaski
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trans-top|favouring a liberal free market economy
Croatian: t-|hr|anglosaski
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trans-top|descended from white English or North European settlers
Croatian: t-|hr|anglosaski
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See also
Germanic

External links
SIL entry for Anglo-Saxon, IS 639-3 code ang

Category:Languages

et:Anglo-Saxon
fa:Anglo-Saxon
ku:Anglo-Saxon
tr:Anglo-Saxon

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